BIOLOGICAL INVENTORY, 2: Volunteer to monitor birds, 
bugs, plants, frogs and lizards in a county near 
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Texas Parks and Wildlife is recruiting citizen experts to 
volunteer for biological inventory teams to monitor four 
species groups on private lands. 

17 -- We're wanting to put together teams of experts throughout 
the state to work within each wildlife district to monitor four 
groups of species: one for herps, one for plants, one for 
invertebrates and then, also, one for birds.

Biologist and program coordinator, Marsha May, says the 
data Biological Inventory Teams collect will become part 
of the Texas Natural Diversity Database.

18 -- That database includes information on rare species 
throughout the state -- their locations -- and that information is 
used by various entities. Well, that database has a lot of holes; 
we're hoping to fill in a lot of those holes with information 
collected by these volunteers.

Anyone with expertise with the previously mentioned 
species groups may volunteer. Individuals will participate 
in an orientation, and may choose the counties they wish 
to work. 

12 -- We would have a training to give them information on what 
is expected, what type of monitoring that would be required. 
The protocol involved each group of species. 

Find complete details on volunteering for biological 
inventory teams on the TPW website under Texas Nature 
Trackers.

The WSFR program supports our series. 

For Texas Parks and Wildlife ... I'm Cecilia Nasti.




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